St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16

the unsuccessful attempts of diviSiOniSts
to secure any recognition at the hands OF
congress. He alluded to the Sioux Falls
constitutional convention, saying
WE HAD estate" LEGISLATURE
but no laws, judges but no courts. The
time had come for concord in action for
admission as one state. Gov. Pennlng-
ton moved the appointment OF a COM
mittee of two from each judicial dis
trict to draft a memorial to congress.
The following were appointed: Pen
ningtOn, Of YanktOn; Reeve, of Trail;
Wright, of Minnehaha; Brecker, OF
Lincoln: Van Buskirk. of COdington;
Fry, of Stutsman: Smith, of Faulk;
Keyser, of Sphinx; Carried, of Richland;
Cornwall, of Mcpherson; Newman. of
Sargent; Mallory, of Dickey,, and
Lowe, of Brown. The first real bomb
was thrown into the convention at this
period by a motion of Green, of CaSS, to
present the names of the delegation to
present the memorial to congress and
urge the passage of the enabling act.
Smith, of Minnehaha, thought it would
be better to have committee of two
from each judicial district. Green's
motion was regarded as
IN THE INTEREST OF A SLATE
and Goddard attacked it by making
motion that it consist of one from each
legislative district. This was succeeded
by motion to make it one from each
county For time the body was in an
uprOar. During the debate Green al
luded to North and South Dakota. Pen
nington hoped such expressions would
be used no more. There was no North,
no South. Finally, upon roll call,
4 g InH
pocket commission was appointed.
During the roll call Traill county was
voted. Mai. Edwards rose and asked
who was voting Trail county. He UNI
derstOod Budd Reeve had power
to cast the vote of that county, and that
gentleman was out upon committee
work. Nobody responded, and Edwards
scored point. The chair announced
the following committee: Green, of
Cass: Sheldon. of Day; Lawler, of Da-
wilson; DObbins, of Barnes; Sheridan,
of Pennington; Lander, of Richland:
Stiles, of Minnehaha: Runkel. of Ser
geant; Moore. of Brown; Allen, of
Stutsman; Hollister, of Yankton; Jew
ell, of Burleigh; Gawne, of HanSon,and
Wilson, of Pembina, who were instruct
ed to report two names from each judi
cial district and three from the terri
tory at large. The convention then ad-
journed to 7:30. At the evening session
the committee reported
THE FOLLOWING MEMORIAL.
which was unanimously adopted by
rising vote.
10 the Congress of the United
States: The people of Dakota territory
assembled in a delegate convention re-
spectfully represent that they are de-
S rOus of the admission of the territory
of Dakota as state into the Federal
Union. We are possessed of the requi-
site population to entitle Dakota to rep
re; entation in the house of representa-
t.veS in case of admission. We therefore
earnestly petition for the passage by con-
greSS of an enabling act authorizing the
election of delegates to convention for
the purpose of preparing constitution,
republican in form, to the end that the
so framed may be submit
ted to vote of the people of said ter
ritory at the next general election for
and if ratified, that Dakota
territory be admitted into the Union as
the state of Dakota. Submitted here
with is the proceedings of the cOnven-
ton of the people of Dakota, held at
the city of Aberdeen, Dak., Dec. Is,
1887. To all of which we earnestly in
able consideration"
The committee to report the names of
those to
GO TO WASHINGTON
in the interest of admission recon-
the following: AT large, l.. &.
Johnson, of Brown county; NJ. l.. Nc
COrmack, of Grand Forks: w. d. Dodge,
Of Cass; First district, G. &. Bennett,
Of Lawrence: =. B. Mccarthy, of Pen
nington; Second. John l.. Pennington,
Of Yankton; II. r. Mcbride, of Davi-
son; Third, W. f. Purcell. of Richland;
A. Garnet, of Pembina: Fourth, &. Fl.
of Minnehaha. }. Z. Lee, of
Day; G. Il. Mccoy, of Brown:
J. 4. Lee, of Day; sixth, William Bur
eigh; j. A. Frys. of Stutsman. This
was the renewal of the war previously
Wright, of Minnehaha.
-OOk the position that it was not right
70 leave the southern half out of the
at large. Two members
we're from the north and one from the
center. He opposed Mccormack also
upon the ground that he had
been divisiOnist, and while he
converts he wanted them
moved to strike off McCOrmack's name
and substituted the name of George
Rice, chairman of the convention. The
after celled Gov. Pennington to the
chair. took the floor and positively de-
elined. Wright again spoke charging |
hat the whole affair Smacked of a slate. |
He moved to consider the report only |
50 far as it related to members |
rom judicial districts. This was |
aid upon the table, as were several |
)ther dilatOry motions. and the report |
vas adopted. On motion the chair APP
pointed an executive committee of one |
rom each county, the chairmen of the |
delegations present being designated. |
1t was ordered tnat 10000 copies of the
official proceedings be published for
;ree distribution. This work was left |
II the hands of J. Q. A. Braden. NJ. H.
Jewell and w. w. GODDARD. During
he convention the following letter
rom Congressman Springer was read:
sPRINGER'S LETTER.
Dear Sir: This is the first conserted |
movement on the part of the people of |
Dakota for single statehood which has !
,Ome to my knowledge. Heretofore the
organized efforts of your people have
,een in the direction of division
If the territory into two parts, |
While individuals in certain localities,
md newspapers in the territory have
opposed such efforts. These contending
actions among your own people have
lad the inevitable result of preventing
my affirmative action whatever by con-
,resS. Some of your citiZe MS seem to
the idea that the question of
liviSiOn of the territory is
purely local one, concerning only the
,eOple of Dakota. This is great mis-
axe. The people of every state in the
Union are equally interested in the
question, and it is no more & question to
'e left to the decision of the people of
he territory than, than would d. be the the
f Florida and making two
tates out of the territory compressed
within its present limits. The average
lonuiati0n OF the existing Statpf in the |